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summary

An interactive design director and brand steward with proven abilities to ideate, create and produce exceptional and award-winning design solutions

skills

Ability to sketch, comp, and storyboard successful interactive approaches

Mastery of the Adobe Creative Suite 5

Mastery of HTML, CSS, SaS, jQuery and WordPress

Ability to concisely speak to the merits of each coding languages

Deep understanding of Social Media and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Strong presentation skills

awards

Holiday Inn Express, StaySmartAmerica.com

2008 Festival of Media Creativity Award Winner

2008 Adrian Best in Show Winner for Web Marketing

2008 Adrian Best in Show Winner for Public Relations

2008 MITX Finalist Travel category

Tide, DressToTheSevens.com

2008 MITX Finalist Consumer category

Orange Communications, Wildfire.com

2002 Horizon Interactive Gold Medal Winner, B2B category

2001 MITX Finalist High-Tech category

ThuleRacks.com

2001 MITX Winner Commerce category

Student Portfolio Competition

1995 Winner June White International Award and Scholarship for Student Artists

experience

Joem Design

Boston, MA // July 2010–Present // Freelance Design Director

Designed and produced a series of white papers with orgingal art and information graphics for Connecticut-based SEO marketing firm

Provided project management and overhauled UX site design for Watertown, MA safari-tour company

Designed brand identity for Melrose, MA architect

Digitas

Boston, MA // February 2004–Present // Senior Art Director

Delivered expert art direction on huge corporate accounts including: GM, Saturn, Virgin Health, AT&T, Tide, Bounce and Downy

Successfully collaborated with Marketing and Planning to win new business with Virgin Health Care, GM and Saturn

Won regional and national recognition with Tide’s Total Care launch and Holiday Inn’s, Stay Smart America campaign

Directed a video shoot with Tim Gunn for P&G expertise and photo shoots with GMC trucks

J. Jill Group, Inc.

Quincy, MA//| February 2003–February 2004 // Art Director

For the popular woman’s apparel retailer, art directed and managed a design department of three designers

Collaborated with Information Architects and designed the current J. Jill online experience

Built online template systems to drive purchase intent and awareness of new merchandise and sales promotions

Drove the need and development of an online wardrobe section on jjill.com where viewers could mix and match seasonal outfits

Joem Design

Boston, MA // August 2001–February 2003 // Freelance Art Director

Acted as a one man shop building print, logo and interactive designs for large business and small shops

Designed and programmed a number of service-oriented web sites for companies like Dickinson Associates, Libretto, and Small Business Aide

Designed an interactive demo and print collateral for Wildfire Communications’ traveling 2001 trade show exhibit

Designed, developed, and maintained a quarterly e-news letters for Davox, a computer software company

BigBad, Inc.

Boston, MA // June 2000–August 2001 // Lead Designer

Lead designer for a mid-sized studio providing interactive solutions to B2B and educational institutions including Harvard University, and MIT

For Harvard University, effectively lead brainstorm with client to analyze, document, and conceptualize a usability model right for their needs

Collaborated in a strong team dynamic to build HarvardBusinessSchool.com and ThuleCarRacks.com

Was consider the go-to guy for all things print-related

education

Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA // June 1995–May 1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design // Magna Cum Laude